Sunday, June 9, 2019

Happiness is a feeling that arises in you. It is not an object to be sought. It has to evolve within ourselves

We all talk about it,we think of it and we all want it- to the extent that we are all seeking it daily and every moment in out lives, but have you paused to ask or wondered what is this thing called happiness?

Why do we need so much?

Why do we crave it?

Why do we see it as the ambition of life, as it were?

The problem lies in our understanding of happiness. We understand it instinctively - a child grins smiles laughs- or so do we and we connect it to happiness.

A brief passing thought that can bring a smile to our faces or the company of some friends over drinks constitutes happiness for most of us.

Nothing wrong with that.

We all want to experience some happiness along the way but we are often not quite sure what happiness is.


Is it the pleasure from a particular experiece being with a particular person or in a particular place?

Is it a fleeting we must try and capture as much as we can and think up way and means to do so?

Or is it a deeper more durable sense that can endure effortlessly within ourselves?

Which brings us to the crux of the matter- can we make happiness a permanent fixture in our lives?




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